{"id":91078,"date":"2024-10-17T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2024\/10\/17\/jerome-osterhout-20241016-0347-062830\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2024-10-17T05:00:34","modified_gmt":"2027-04-05T05:00:34","slug":"jerome-osterhout-20241016-0347-062830","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2024\/10\/17\/jerome-osterhout-20241016-0347-062830\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Jerome Osterhout"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\n\t Jerome \u201cJerry\u201d Osterhout, 86, of Culbertson, Mont., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, at the Roosevelt Medical Center in Culbertson, Mont.
\n\t Graveside services for Jerry were held Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at 11 a.m. (MDT) at the Sentinel Butte Cemetery, east of Sentinel Butte, N.D.
\n\t Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home in Williston, N.D., is assisting the family. Friends may sign the on-line register and give their condolences at www.fulkersons. com.
\n\t Jerome \u201cJerry\u201d was born to Ernest and Violet (Waldahl) Osterhout in Beach, N.D. Jerry and his sister, Joan, were raised by his aunt and uncle, Bill and Muriel Waldahl, in Sentinel Butte, N.D. He graduated from Sentinel Butte High School with the Class of 1956.
\n\t Jerry\u2019s passion for the rodeo began early in his life by riding cows and he would start competing in amateur rodeos in 1954. Jerry qualified for the 1956 National High School Rodeo in Reno, Nev., competing in bareback riding and bull riding. Jerry won the second go-round in the bareback riding event. One of Jerry\u2019s proudest moments was winning the state high school bull riding championship on a spinning bull. Today, his grandson wears that buckle.
\n\t He also competed in bareback riding at Harrison, Neb. Jerry would say his bull ride at Harrison, was \u201cjust short.\u201d Amid Jerry\u2019s rodeo memorabilia is a $6.34 check dated July 25, 1955, from the Sioux National Bank in Harrison. At that time, one-fourth of the gross gate receipts were set aside and paid to contestants as mileage for travel expenses.
\n\t While continuing to compete in amateur rodeos, Jerry would take over his father\u2019s ranch. He rode Jim Barnhart\u2019s Whiz Bang in Medora, N.D., and recalled it was pretty tough but, nonetheless, Jerry won first place in 1959. Along with a high school buckle from the state rodeo, Jerry won bull riding buckles at Killdeer\u2019s RA rodeo and at an amateur rodeo in Richey, Mont. In 1961, he won bull ridings at New Salem, N.D., Sidney and Helena, Mont. He then decided to retire from rodeo competition that year.
\n\t Jerry would marry Judy Myers and have four children, Jesse, Jack, Jerald and Jodi.
\n\t He went on to work at various ranches in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. Jerry\u2019s love for horses and Hereford cattle would forever be his calling. Since retirement, he lived on his ranch west of Medora, N.D. Jerry later moved to Culbertson, Mont., to be closer to his family and form strong bonds with his grandchildren.
\n\t Jerry lived a full and adventurous life, but his family and friends will also remember him for how gentle and kind he was.
\n\t Jerry\u2019s family will forever be grateful to the staff at Roosevelt Medical Center in Culbertson, Mont., for their exceptional and loving care!
\n\t He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Violet Osterhout; aunt and uncle, Bill and Muriel Waldahl; sons, Jesse and Jerald Osterhout; sister, Joan Barkland; and nieces, Sandra and Linda Barkland.
\n\t Jerry is survived by his son, Jack Osterhout; daughter, Jodi (Dale) Nelson; grandchildren, Paydon, Cordel and Nolan Nelson; great-grandchildren, Miles and Briggs; and nephews and nieces.
\n\t In lieu of flowers, Jerry\u2019s family would suggest donations be made in Jerry\u2019s name to the Roosevelt Memorial Heathcare Foundation at 818 2nd Ave E, Culbertson, MT 59218.
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